Our second night in the van was on the Gold Coast at Surfer's Paradise, which reminded us of a very young LA, skyscrapers met beatiful beaches and high priced food. We camped in an alley between some million dollar condos and had the public shower all to ourselves in the morning. We then headed into the Hinterland and Springbrook national park which our Lonely Planet 
desecribed well as something like Jurassic Park. The Hinterland (pictured above) was a lush landscape that reminded us of a tropical California. Purlingbrook falls (right) was 105 meters tall and one of the most spectacular we have ever seen. We saw many waterfalls that day and headed back through the Hinterland to Byron Bay, buying some local organic produce along the way from a farmer who when we commented on how nice his store was replied "I wouldn't know whether it's good or bad I've been here me whole life", it looked like he had been wearing the same shirt his whole life too. Byron Bay was a very nice place where we camped out for 3 nights in a parking lot, cooking dinner behind our van. Drum circles set the mood at sunset and the surfers outnumbered the locals. Everything here has been reminding us of different places in California and Byron Bay, without a doubt, was a young Santa Cruz. We rented a board and surfed for 2 days straight, but got worked, rashes hurt!
desecribed well as something like Jurassic Park. The Hinterland (pictured above) was a lush landscape that reminded us of a tropical California. Purlingbrook falls (right) was 105 meters tall and one of the most spectacular we have ever seen. We saw many waterfalls that day and headed back through the Hinterland to Byron Bay, buying some local organic produce along the way from a farmer who when we commented on how nice his store was replied "I wouldn't know whether it's good or bad I've been here me whole life", it looked like he had been wearing the same shirt his whole life too. Byron Bay was a very nice place where we camped out for 3 nights in a parking lot, cooking dinner behind our van. Drum circles set the mood at sunset and the surfers outnumbered the locals. Everything here has been reminding us of different places in California and Byron Bay, without a doubt, was a young Santa Cruz. We rented a board and surfed for 2 days straight, but got worked, rashes hurt!
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Alix!!!!!! I miss you so much!!!!!!!!!!!! i love ur pics and cant wait for you to get back to share your stories! Im still in sc and cant wait to get out.... tell sam i say hey and george misses him!
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